Foster

fos'tSr, v. [-tered (-terd), -tering.] To feed, nourish, support, rear up; to cherish, forward, promote the growth of, stimulate. [AS. fostrian, fr. fostor, nourishment, foda, food, q. v.; Ic. and Sw. — fostra, to nurse, foster, Dan. foster, offspring.] Fos'terer, — Fos'terage, -ej, n. Charge of nursing. — Fos'ter-broth'er, n. A male child nursed at the same breast, or fed by tie same nurse, with another of different parents. —sis'ter, A female child, etc. child, -son, n. One nursed by a woman — or bred by a man not the parent. fa/ther, -moth'- or ink, then, boirboN, chair, get. 236 FOTHER 218 er, n. One who takes the place of a parent in bringing up a child. — Fosterling, n. A foster-child.